PC locked by Police Center e-crime Unit from proper use? This post will guide to find out what this virus is and how to completely remove it to unlock your computer. Read on to check it out.

As of June 2012, there are two separate forms of new ransomware titled Police Central e-crime Unit, one is Win32/Weelsofand the other is Win32/ Reveton, found having been infecting numerous computers masquerading as the Sepecialist Crime Directorate or Metropolitan Police. The Police Central e-crime Unit ukash ransomware locks computer system, as ransomware usually does, alleges the operating system is locked due to the violation of the laws depending on IP geographical location (mostly notably the UK) such as visiting pornography, child pornography and zoofilia website among other fake claims, and then asks for a fine of 100 Euro or $ 100 paid by Ukash or Paysafecard services. That is ordinary credit card scheme of such ransomware that even steal your credit card data at the very last to scam you with much more money.

> Also, “Your computer also contains video files with pornographic content, elements of violence, and childe pornography. Spam-message with terrorist motives were also sent from your computer.” Please, be aware of such make-up claims.

> This accusing of law-violation ends with a demand for a penalty fine as the price to unlock the infected computer. “To unlock the computer, you must pay a find of 100 Euros” via Ukash or Paysafecard services.

The fire variant belongs to the Win32/Weelsof malware family, which is basically a Trojan that allows hackers to perform a number of actions on the infected computer. What for certain is that they can launch such fake Police warnings as shown in the image above. While Win32/Weelsof clearly targets the United Kingdom, the infection has spread to many other countries as well and is expected to progress, change and adapt to other countries in the future.

2. Win 32/Reveton

> A fake alert from an online authority Specialist Crime Directorate stating the infected computer has been violating the law which alleges “ Your computer is blocked due to at least one of the reasons specified below.”

> “ You have been violating Copyright and Related Rights Law (Video, Music, Software) and illegally using or distributing copyrighted content, thus infringing Article 128 of the Criminal Code of Great Britain.”

> “Article 128 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine of two to five hundred minimal wages or a deprivation of liberty for two to eight years.”

> “ You have been viewing or distributing prohibited Pornographic content (Child Porn/Zoofilia and etc.) thus violating Article 202 of the Criminal Code of Great Britain.”

> “Illegal access to computer data has been initiated from your PC, or you have been…” (incomplete wordking)

> “Article 208 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine up to Euros 100,000 and/or a deprivation of liberty for four to nine years.”

> “ Illegal access has been initiated from your PC without our knowledge or consent, your PC may be infected by malware, thus you are violating the law on Neglectful Use of Personal Computer” (No Such Law at all)

The second variant of Police Central e-crime Unit (PCEU) ransomware belongs to the Win32/Reveton malware family. The fake waning is different from that of the Weelsof version. It is much more sophisticated, claiming to be from Specialist Crime Directorate rather than Metropolitan Police. Please be cautious about this ransomware upon sight as the above image shows and just overlook those seemingly scaring words and instantly get ways out to get rid of it upon sight.

Web cam control

Once infected, there would be a little more than usual that this ransomware virus would even attempt to trick the user into thinking they are under surveillance by webcam, as it always shows a fake screen in “recording” status. Actually this even makes no difference on the infected computer with no web cam at all. Apparently, the truth is ready to jump out at your call.

Deny Flash

Most ransomware exploits Java or Flash vulnerabilities to load the malicious code. In some cases denying or disabling flash on your system may suspend the Police Central e-crime Unit ransomware viurs and enable the user to navigate through the infected system. If this not a necessity for removal, skip to the removal options below these steps.

There are several ways to get rid of such Ukash ransomware depending on the specific situation of infection. If the computer can still boot into safe mode, please follow the Option 1 removal steps to go. If the computer is completely blocked from anything, including safe mode running, then bet on Option 2 removal steps to go.

Removal Option 1-Safe Mode with Command Prompt Restore

Step 1> Launch your PC into Safe Mode with Command Prompt. During the start, keep pressing F8 key till the Advanced Windows Options Menu shows up and then use the arrow key on the keyboard to highlight the Safe Mode with Command Prompt option and then press Enter. See detailed instructions on how to boot Windows to Safe Mode

Note: make sure you login your computer with administrative privileges. (login as admin)

Step 2> Once the Command Prompt appears you only have few seconds to type “explorer” and hit Enter. If you fail to do so within 2-3 seconds, the ransomware virus will not allow you to type anymore.

Removal Option 2 Using Anvi Rescue Disk to Remove the Ransomware and Repair the Infected Computer

Chances are your PC is heavily infected by this ransomware that it is blocked from safe mode running as well. If such is the case, the removal may be a little bit complex and here we use Anvi Rescue Rescue Disk to demonstrate the removal steps and good luck to you. If any question in the process, just let us know.

Also below is a video of ransomware removal using Anvi Rescue Disk for reference.

Please close BootUsb.exe tool after you successfully burn the file to USB drive when you get following message.

Now, you have bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.

Alternative Option

You can also record Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to a DV/DVD. Any CD/DVD record software is fine for burn iso image. If you don’t have any, you can download and install Nero Burning ROM and ImgBurn. Here we will use Nero Burning ROM for demonstration purpose.

Please open and start Nero Burning ROM and select Burn Image from the drop-down menu of the Recorder.

Click Burn button to start record the iso image. After a few minutes, you will have a bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.

Step 3>Restart your computer and configure your computer to boot from USB drive/DV/DVD that recorded Anvi Rescue Disk. Basically , you can use F8 to load USB boot menu.

For different motherboard, you may need to use the Delete or F2, F11 keys, to load the BIOS menu. Normally, the information how to enter the BIOS menu is displayed on the screen at the start of the OS boot.

The keys F1, F8, F10, F12 might be used for some motherboards, as well as the following key combinations:

Step> 9 Switch to Repair tab. Scan and fix the registry error with the “Repair” module of Anvi Rescue Disk.

Important Notice: You must repair the registry error after kill the virus. You are probably disabled to boot your Windows without fixing registry damaged by the virus.

Step>10 Now your computer should be clean and rescued from the virus infection. Please restart your computer to normal mode.

Please note, some ransomware infection variant is seriously persistent, so you are highly recommended to download the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender in the rescue disk menu when the scan and repair is finished just as shown in below picture:

In the prompt window, click Yes button to download and install Anvi Smart Defender and perform a full scan to ensure all possible files of the infection is removed.

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I have the Met Police UKash virus. I have had it before and used the safe mode guide to remove it. However I think this is a new variant. When the Meesage is on the scren there is a hidden identical message underneath. When I turn my computer off and re-start using f8 then safe mode, my system then takes me to asking the next re-boot black screen which only highlights Microsoft Windows XP Proffessional. It is the only line I can highlight and press enter. When I do this it starts the computer as norml and goes to the met Police statement again. At the bottom of the screen it has a blue line Safe ode with command prompt. I have tried all sorts of combinations but no luck. Interestingly, I have also now received phone calls fromAsian(Indian sounding men) stating we have a problem ewith our computer. How do thy Know, another part of the s. Any scam any new ideas.

Hello,That's not good that you can not boot into safe mode. The variant is much more difficult to remove. While the call from Indian announce that you have problem on your problem, please be careful and do not fall into the scam. They may try to trick you and ask you to allow them to fix your computer problem by remote control assistance. Please do not allow that, once they get control of your computer, they will drop other keylogger or virus on your computer to collect your personal information.

Due to your computer problem, I would like suggest you try the system restore with following steps:

1) Unplug your Internet cable to disable to Ukash virus.

2) Start your computer into normal mode or safe mode, please note that you should log in as administrator.

3) Access windows Start menu and click All Programs.

4) Click and open Accessories, click System Tools, and then click System Restore.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

4) Restore your computer to a date and time before infection.

5) Restart your computer and connect your Internet to download Anvi Smart Defender. I still highly recommend you run a full scan on your computer to completely remove the leftover of the virus.

If you are still experiencing the same problem, please let me know. I will try my best to help you.

I found a way around not having an available USB drive: simply create a new user account while in safe mode then boot windows up normally and log in using the new account, download the previously mentioned removal tools and store them on the desktop of your main account then restart in safe mode.

I discovered this when I logged into my second account (one use for the kids) and didn't get the virus pop up, double checked to see if it still loaded on my main account (it did) then proceeded to do the removal in safe mode.

KaizeruRyuu wrote:I found a way around not having an available USB drive: simply create a new user account while in safe mode then boot windows up normally and log in using the new account, download the previously mentioned removal tools and store them on the desktop of your main account then restart in safe mode.

I discovered this when I logged into my second account (one use for the kids) and didn't get the virus pop up, double checked to see if it still loaded on my main account (it did) then proceeded to do the removal in safe mode.

That's really smart if it work effectively to remove the virus. Thanks for sharing.

Hi, I too have this nasty bug!My laptop is locked and Safe Mode is over ridden.I have downloaded and ran the Kaspersky program (took 9 hours!!).It could not quarantine the affected files so I opted for "Delete".The program then reported everything was GREEN.I rebooted the system and wham bam back to exactly where I started.I am running Vista Home PremiumAny thoughts / advice as this is very frustrating?